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Apr 17, 2013 08:52 AM EDT

Hobbit Species May Have Evolved from Early Humans: Island Dwarves Smarter than Once Thought

The "hobbit" humans that once lived on the Indonesian island of Flores may have been smarter than once thought and could have evolved from early humans.

Apr 16, 2013 01:31 PM EDT

Love at First Sniff: Male Moths Seek Females by Smell

Is it love at first sniff? Male moths seek out females by smell. Yet in the wild, there are an abundance of hybrid moths--something that shouldn't happen if males sense females of the same strain. Now, researchers may have an answer.

Apr 16, 2013 10:42 AM EDT

Plant Protein Shape Decoded with 3-D Model: Genetically Modified Organisms on the Rise

Researchers have created the first 3-D model of an enzyme located within plant cell walls. The knowledge of this plant protein shape could allow scientists to better target areas for genetic modification.

Apr 16, 2013 09:38 AM EDT

Earthquake Today Claims Dozens of Lives Across the Middle East: Reports of 40 Dead So Far

A massive, 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked the Middle East on Tuesday, killing dozens.

Apr 15, 2013 11:35 AM EDT

Puerto Rico Protects Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle Nesting Site: Victory for Environmentalists

Leatherback sea turtles may be getting some help from lawmakers. Puerto Rico has introduced a new law that protects a swathe of the island's coast that has become a major nesting site for the endangered turtle.

Apr 15, 2013 09:57 AM EDT

Florida Battles Tide of Rat-Sized Giant African Land Snails

Think snails infesting your garden is bad? Try giant snails that grow as big as a rat and produce about 1,200 eggs a year. South Florida is currently fighting a plague of giant African land snails that are spreading across the state and are chewing through native plant species at a furious pace.

Apr 15, 2013 08:56 AM EDT

Antarctic Ice Core Reveals Sheet Melt Intensified Ten-Fold: Climate Change Strikes Again

A new 1,000-year Antarctic Peninsula climate reconstruction reveals that summer ice melting has intensified ten-fold and that most of that melting has occurred in the mid-20th century.

Apr 15, 2013 08:10 AM EDT

Global Sea Level Rise Slowed by Cutting Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: CO2 isn't the Only Answer

It turns out that reducing carbon dioxide isn't the only way to halt global warming. A new study reveals that sea level rise could be halted by reducing short-lived climate pollutants, gases that aren't nearly as persistent as CO2.

Apr 13, 2013 11:20 PM EDT

Hawaii Approves Project to Build World’s Largest Optical Telescope

Hawaii Board of Land and Natural Resources has given green light to one of the most daring scientific projects the Pacific paradise archipelago has undertaken.

Apr 13, 2013 09:03 AM EDT

Number of Alaska Wolves Drops by More Than 50 Percent: Predator Control Program to Blame

Wolves in Alaska are known to have healthy population numbers. Yet now, it turns out that Alaska's predator control program has resulted in the number of wolves in Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve to drop by more than half.

Apr 12, 2013 07:24 PM EDT

Arctic Summer Ice Melting Faster Than Previously Thought, Scientists

By 2050 there will be no more Arctic summer sea ice, scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced.

Apr 12, 2013 01:59 PM EDT

Arctic Summers May be Ice Free Sooner: New Research Reveals Unprecedented Temperatures

Get ready for an ice free summer in the Arctic. New research has revealed that the warmest summers in the last two decades were unprecedented in six centuries.

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Hobbit Species May Have Evolved from Early Humans: Island Dwarves Smarter than Once Thought

Love at First Sniff: Male Moths Seek Females by Smell

Plant Protein Shape Decoded with 3-D Model: Genetically Modified Organisms on the Rise

Earthquake Today Claims Dozens of Lives Across the Middle East: Reports of 40 Dead So Far

Puerto Rico Protects Endangered Leatherback Sea Turtle Nesting Site: Victory for Environmentalists

Florida Battles Tide of Rat-Sized Giant African Land Snails

Antarctic Ice Core Reveals Sheet Melt Intensified Ten-Fold: Climate Change Strikes Again

Global Sea Level Rise Slowed by Cutting Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: CO2 isn't the Only Answer

Hawaii Approves Project to Build World’s Largest Optical Telescope

Number of Alaska Wolves Drops by More Than 50 Percent: Predator Control Program to Blame

Arctic Summer Ice Melting Faster Than Previously Thought, Scientists

Arctic Summers May be Ice Free Sooner: New Research Reveals Unprecedented Temperatures

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